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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003543

Southsea Fawcett Road

Southsea Fawcett Road is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,785 residents in Portsmouth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Portsmouth
8,785

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,521

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

15,123.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

40.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

36.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

35.0%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Bevois Town, Southampton6,759 residents · 24.8% owned · 38.0% no carRoath, Cardiff7,516 residents · 46.6% owned · 31.2% no carMoorlands & Greaves, Lancaster5,106 residents · 47.1% owned · 35.8% no carWokingham Road, Reading8,973 residents · 42.6% owned · 30.6% no carSt Paul's, Cheltenham8,096 residents · 40.1% owned · 32.2% no carWinton, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole10,118 residents · 45.8% owned · 23.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southsea Fawcett Road

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Private rented50.8%
1,788 households
Owned40.3%
1,419 households
Social rented8.1%
284 households
Shared ownership0.8%
29 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced53.8%
1,895 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16.2%
572 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits12.7%
449 households
Semi-detached9.9%
349 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.8%
99 households
Detached2.8%
98 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.7%
60 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.1%
1,517 households
No cars or vans in household36.1%
1,273 households
2 cars or vans in household17%
598 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.8%
135 households
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms31.9%
1,124 households
3 bedrooms27%
951 households
4 or more bedrooms25%
882 households
1 bedroom16.1%
566 households
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household44.7%
1,574 households
One-person household30.8%
1,085 households
Other household types24.5%
862 households
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30.8%
1,085 households
2 people in household30.7%
1,080 households
3 people in household15.1%
531 households
4 people in household13.4%
471 households
5 people in household6.1%
215 households
6 people in household2%
69 households
7 people in household1.5%
53 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
19 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512%
1,053 residents
15–2940.9%
3,592 residents
30–4420.4%
1,794 residents
45–6417.4%
1,528 residents
65 and over9.3%
820 residents
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White80%
7,031 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9%
792 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.8%
420 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
348 residents
Other ethnic group2.2%
195 residents
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35%
2,686 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications34.2%
2,625 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.9%
840 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.2%
706 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.8%
444 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.8%
214 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
170 residents aged 16 and over
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.3%
3,713 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.6%
3,117 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student11.1%
853 residents aged 16 and over
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students32.1%
2,469 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.2%
1,244 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.6%
734 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.6%
659 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.6%
657 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.8%
600 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.4%
571 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.6%
433 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.1%
316 residents aged 16 and over
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.6%
4,358 residents
Good health35.7%
3,140 residents
Fair health10.9%
958 residents
Bad health3%
266 residents
Very bad health0.7%
62 residents
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.1%
7,386 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.9%
1,399 residents
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.1%
1,730 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.6%
1,219 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.9%
454 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3%
107 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
13 households
Southsea Fawcett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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